Sugar Bowl is one of my favorite places to spend time near the University of Alberta. It’s located on a beautiful, scenic street lined with trees, which makes the atmosphere especially pleasant.
The food is consistently excellent. Their appetizers are great, and the pulled pork sandwich is one of my personal favorites. Portion sizes are generous, prices are reasonable, and the fries are outstanding. They even serve popcorn during happy hour, which is a fun and unique touch I haven’t seen elsewhere.
The drink selection is equally impressive. They have an excellent variety of draft beers, and the staff are very knowledgeable and helpful when it comes to explaining different styles. The wine selection is also strong.
The staff are friendly, attentive, and professional. Whether you’re meeting friends, having a casual lunch, grabbing drinks before or after class, or even meeting with a professor, Sugar Bowl is an ideal spot.
A must-visit if you’re around the university. It’s been one of my go-to places for years and never disappoints.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Shea-Anne Fraser
Waitress was amazing, very sweet. Food was delicious, tasted homemade and fresh!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
al guglich
What a lovely place for 2 people to go to get acquainted! Loved the atmosphere and the service. The food is awesome too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Connor Cowell
The food was quite good. The waitstaff was pleasant and attentive. The atmosphere is old school since it's such an old restaurant with tons of history in the city. If I have to recommend anything it's going here and getting their London Fog if you like those because theirs was the best I've had.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Siling Wu
The atmosphere of the place is oddly soothing since it is actually pretty loud, people seem happy together, and the lady with a dog beside me is very friendly, which makes me somehow felt heart warmed too. The service is good, food is extremely delicious, and I can see how he brew up the coffee, which made me change my mind of just drinking water, which I’m glad I did so, I think this place has one of the best black coffee I’ve ever drank.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
K.Adan Lira
The food and the atmosphere here is amazing, very delicious, great option for a brunch with friends in Edmonton , don’t miss the cinnamon bun 😋
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tabitha-Jean Shaw
The bison stew and chicken curry were delicious. I had the best negroni I’ve ever had. It was an absolute pleasure to have Brian as our server. They are very accommodating with dietary requirements.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
MJ
Their brunch eggs Benedict is always my go-to. Super yummy! It gets quite busy in there though, but it’s well worth the wait for brunch!
Had a great lamb burger the bun was a bit too soft for me and the fries were mediocre far too skinny and greasy! The music always tends to be too loud for me. Overall a pleasant visit. Service was very good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Yulia Komina
Juiciest chicken and waffles I’ve ever had. The coffee was excellent too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
pariya parchini
I love this cafe! Everything is perfect and cosy!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
John C.
No reservation option. Half an hour wait outside, slow preparation for entry. Pretty sure they are just hyping up by creating unnecessary line up there. See videos for empty spots.
Service: 1
Brad B
TL;DR Great food, mediocre service. I’ve heard nothing but good things about this place since moving to Edmonton. I was excited to finally try it. We had the Benny and hash. The food is great; however, this place is too focused on trying to get you out the door even when there’s no line or wait. When we were there, we had to ask 3 times to get our coffee refilled. On top of that, the server always acted as if there was someone else to serve when we did ask for something.. for context, there were several empty tables around. I didn’t even end up making a fuss when a couple requests on the meal were not realized.
I get that they’re trying to have a high turnover of tables to meet demand but that shouldn’t come at the expense of the sitting customers. This is especially true when there’s empty tables.
Excellent atmosphere, food, and service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sugar Bowl is one of my favorite places to spend time near the University of Alberta. It’s located on a beautiful, scenic street lined with trees, which makes the atmosphere especially pleasant.
The food is consistently excellent. Their appetizers are great, and the pulled pork sandwich is one of my personal favorites. Portion sizes are generous, prices are reasonable, and the fries are outstanding. They even serve popcorn during happy hour, which is a fun and unique touch I haven’t seen elsewhere.
The drink selection is equally impressive. They have an excellent variety of draft beers, and the staff are very knowledgeable and helpful when it comes to explaining different styles. The wine selection is also strong.
The staff are friendly, attentive, and professional. Whether you’re meeting friends, having a casual lunch, grabbing drinks before or after class, or even meeting with a professor, Sugar Bowl is an ideal spot.
A must-visit if you’re around the university. It’s been one of my go-to places for years and never disappoints.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Waitress was amazing, very sweet. Food was delicious, tasted homemade and fresh!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
What a lovely place for 2 people to go to get acquainted! Loved the atmosphere and the service. The food is awesome too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was quite good. The waitstaff was pleasant and attentive. The atmosphere is old school since it's such an old restaurant with tons of history in the city. If I have to recommend anything it's going here and getting their London Fog if you like those because theirs was the best I've had.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The atmosphere of the place is oddly soothing since it is actually pretty loud, people seem happy together, and the lady with a dog beside me is very friendly, which makes me somehow felt heart warmed too. The service is good, food is extremely delicious, and I can see how he brew up the coffee, which made me change my mind of just drinking water, which I’m glad I did so, I think this place has one of the best black coffee I’ve ever drank.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food and the atmosphere here is amazing, very delicious, great option for a brunch with friends in Edmonton , don’t miss the cinnamon bun 😋
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The bison stew and chicken curry were delicious. I had the best negroni I’ve ever had. It was an absolute pleasure to have Brian as our server. They are very accommodating with dietary requirements.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Their brunch eggs Benedict is always my go-to. Super yummy! It gets quite busy in there though, but it’s well worth the wait for brunch!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent server. Superb on tap varieties.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Had a great lamb burger the bun was a bit too soft for me and the fries were mediocre far too skinny and greasy! The music always tends to be too loud for me. Overall a pleasant visit. Service was very good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Juiciest chicken and waffles I’ve ever had. The coffee was excellent too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I love this cafe! Everything is perfect and cosy!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
No reservation option. Half an hour wait outside, slow preparation for entry. Pretty sure they are just hyping up by creating unnecessary line up there. See videos for empty spots.
Service: 1
TL;DR Great food, mediocre service.
I’ve heard nothing but good things about this place since moving to Edmonton. I was excited to finally try it. We had the Benny and hash. The food is great; however, this place is too focused on trying to get you out the door even when there’s no line or wait. When we were there, we had to ask 3 times to get our coffee refilled. On top of that, the server always acted as if there was someone else to serve when we did ask for something.. for context, there were several empty tables around. I didn’t even end up making a fuss when a couple requests on the meal were not realized.
I get that they’re trying to have a high turnover of tables to meet demand but that shouldn’t come at the expense of the sitting customers. This is especially true when there’s empty tables.
Food: 5
Service: 1
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